Forbes' Parakeet

Taxobox
name = Forbes' Parakeet


image width = 250px
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Cyanoramphus"
species = "C. forbesi"
binomial = "Cyanoramphus forbesi"
binomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)

Forbes' parakeet ("Cyanoramphus forbesi"), or the Yellow-fronted Parakeet is a rare parrot endemic to the Chatham Islands.

Range and habitat

The Forbes' parakeet native habitat is in brushy forest on the Chatham Islands and Pitt Islands. Due to hunting, capturing birds for the pet tradeFact|date=June 2007, the introduction of domestic cats and habitat destruction, the parakeets had diminished to 100 individuals on the lesser of the Mangere islands in 1938, but because of reforestation on Mangere Island Numbers have grown to hundreds. The parakeets are still confined to the two Mangere Islands. [nzbirds.com [http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/kakarikiyellow.html] ; Accessed 5/3/07]

Behaviour

they are carm towards humans

Diet

Forbes' parakeets have been found to eat mainly invertebrates, though they also eat flowers, seeds, and leaves.

References

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=9814&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSRP45.pdf| title = Forbes' parakeet and Chatham Island red-crowned parakeet recovery plan 2001-2011| year = 2001| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-10-04